Sentences with phrase «against professional regulatory bodies»

The court examined the small number of Canadian cases where courts accepted the possibility of claims of malicious prosecution against professional regulatory bodies, as well as the English case of Gregory v. Portsmouth City Council, [2000] UKHL 3, [2000] 1 AC 419, where Lord Steyn concluded that the claim does not extend to disciplinary proceedings.

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The recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision in Laffin v. Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario, 2012 ONCA 846 provides a sober reminder to professional regulatory bodies that in assessing applicants for registration, they are confined to assessing applications against the particular requirements set out in their enabling statutesProfessional Geoscientists of Ontario, 2012 ONCA 846 provides a sober reminder to professional regulatory bodies that in assessing applicants for registration, they are confined to assessing applications against the particular requirements set out in their enabling statutesprofessional regulatory bodies that in assessing applicants for registration, they are confined to assessing applications against the particular requirements set out in their enabling statutes and bylaws.

Where an investigator for a regulatory body sends emails to two complainants who have alleged fraud against a member, the investigator may be protected from a claim for «defamation» arising from the content of his emails (e.g., where he confirms to the recipients that the body is prosecuting the member for professional [mis] conduct for the fact that he recklessly [carried out certain conduct]»), based on the defence of «absolute privilege».